Chicago Warehouse

January 24, 2013 by staff

Chicago Warehouse, A massive warehouse blaze that Chicago firefighters battled through the night Tuesday flared back to life Thursday morning.

Chicago fire department officials called the flare-up in the abandoned building — which was encased in ice due to freezing temperatures — a “significant rekindle,” NBCChicago.com reported.

Smoke could be seen pouring from the gutted building and flames shot through the frozen roof.

On Wednesday, Department Fire Commissioner John McNicholas warned that the blaze, which firefighters fought as cakes of ice formed on their uniforms, could reignite.

“We know that we still have buried debris that’s burning,” McNicholas said, according to NBCChicago.com. “That hose lines are not capable of getting at it.”